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VIII) His mother’s name was Enola Gay. So was his plane.(Personality, please)(23 February, 1915 – 01 November, 2007) piloted the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. The bomb, code-named Little Boy, was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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XI) An “Easy Rider”, this American actor is the son of actor Henry, brother of actress/activist Jane.(Personality, please)(23 February, 1940) is also father of Bridget and Justin.

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VII) His “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” is a history of N*zi Germany read and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service,(Personality, please) 23 February, 1904 – 28 December, 1993) was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a team of journalists for CBS radio. His other books include “Berlin Diary”(published in 1941),“The Collapse of the Third Republic”, which drew on his experience living and working in France from 1925 to 1933, and his three-volume autobiography,“Twentieth Century Journey”.

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IV) A Swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels,(23 February, 1850 – 24 October, 1918) the opulence of his hotels, and the quality of his staff, have since turned his Family name into a verb of similar meaning.“Puttin’ on the ----!”

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Is that ... half-past ten?

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Would that be the Declaration of Independence?

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Would those be cataracts?

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Was that Alexander Fleming?

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Do you have a bum knee too, Alex?

Fifth Generation wrote:

<quoted text>Mail in question ... Christiaan Barnard

Alex Trebek wrote:

__________ 1954 __________
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$500 ~ He retired at 87 as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ ASTRONOMERS __________
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$600 ~ Karl Schwarzschild has a type of this named after him; Schwarz is a clue
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$800 ~ His observatory on the Scandinavian island of Ven lacked a telescope; it hadn't been invented yet
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$1000 ~ Members of this family found a division in Saturn's rings & ran the observatory in Paris

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ GEORGE & RINGO __________
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$300 ~ George said this song was inspired by "O Happy Day", but others suggest "He's So Fine"
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$400 ~ For Ringo, it was Ring-O; for George, Dark Horse
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$500 ~ George & Ringo co-wrote this song that Ringo took to No. 1 in 1973

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ NATIONAL PARKS __________
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$200 ~ A feature of this New Mexico park is The Giant Dome, a 62-foot-tall stalagmite
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$400 ~ This national park lies within northern Arizona's Painted Desert
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$600 ~ To see Bridalveil Falls & Illilouette Falls, travel to this national park in California's Sierra Nevada
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$1000 ~ This national park occupies several small islands & part of Maine's coast

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ VOCABULARY __________
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$300 ~ This synonym for dunce originally referred to the piece of wood on which hats & wigs were made

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ THIRTYSOMETHING __________
(A tribute to youth, I suppose.)
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$800 ~ When he gave his "Cross Of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention, he was 36

Alex Trebek wrote:

Rpost ....______ ZOOLOGY __________
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$400 ~ Some of these two-humped camels still roam the Gobi Desert

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Repost ....______ HISTORIC POTPOURRI __________
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$600 ~ In 1718 Alexis Petrovich was accused of plotting to kill this czar, his father
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$800 ~ When this dandy was born in 1778, his father was private secretary to Lord North

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ SCREENWRITERS __________
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$300 ~ "The Maltese Falcon" was the first film that he both directed & wrote
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$500 ~ He wrote the screenplay of "Mo' Better Blues" & his father Bill wrote the musical score

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Repost ....______ THE OLYMPICS __________
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$400 ~ At the 1992 summer games, twins Karen & Sarah Josephson won a gold medal for this event
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$800 ~ In 1988 she became the first figure skater since Sonja Henie to defend successfully the women's title
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$1000 ~ 1 of 3 new medal sports added to the 1992 Summer Olympics